Nerdcore is a style of hip hop designed by geeks for geeks. It uses the flow you'd find in other styles of hip hop music but with a geek theme of computers, video games, role playing (dungeons and dragons), star trek, and all other things within the geek community. Despite it's lack of mainstream appeal nerdcore has quite the dedicated followers to the point where it's managed to get a few songs as downloadables on Rock Band as well as in television shows.
The live shows have taken off as well showing up in places such as Comic Con, held annually every year in California, as well as becoming a staple of PAX, a gamers convention. Yeah, these are usually places that geeks frequent but it makes sense to play to their audience. There is even a large music festival that takes place each year by the name of Nerdapalooza where the best nerdcore bands can share their music with the fans that love them so.
In a style of music that is often criticized for it's vulgarity and lack of respect for anybody, where the music is about pimping, gang signs, and bling, nerdcore is a breath of unspoiled air. The shows are certainly on a smaller scale but the energy is no less than an arena of twenty thousand people. The fans love the music and all it entails and the musicians love what they do. To be able to create music about the things you enjoy is a great way to make a living.
Nerdcore may never become the mainstream hit that pop music is but it will always have a dedicated group of followers.
When the face of your musical genre looks like this and has the skills to match any hip hop artist alive or dead you will certainly find a niche somewhere. It has managed to find a place to live with the kids who got beat up in high school yet end up owning the world after college. Bill Gates eat your heart out. Now put down your lap top, hop in your Prius, and go find a nerdcore show to spend an awesome evening with a few hundred people just like you.
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